hey so i just saw your guide to put the ysmenu into the r4, but when i try to load mario and luigi i only gets up to the new game screen and it freezes. any advice?

i am refering to advice you posted on 25th feb re. the nds prob some guy (Paddlinp) was having and to thank you also for that info you passed onto him.-i too have had the same problems and i will try this out tomorrow but i am sure it will work so i will thank u in advance,you are a shining example of what this is all about and you can hold your head high ...thank you.

OH MY GOD woof811 i love you sooooo much!!! My ndstt didnt work and i thought it was completely broken for good, but you helped me fix it!!! thnak you so much!!!!!!!!

No but you must have the firmware from www.r4ultra.com if you have the R4 SDHC Revolution for DS (NDSL/NDS)
I tried firmware from the suggested R4 regular spots and had no luck, I sent the guy I got it from an email to say that it didnt work and that my R4 was a clone and his supplier must have short changed him and this was the reply I got
Hi,
The reason people say these are clones is because R4 team was sued and doesnt exist anymore. The programming was sold to chinese companies, who came up with thier own hardware.
These cards however definately do work with 4gb and even 8gb. The original R4 software does not work no, because the original R4 doesnt support SDHC and is very old.
The software needed for this card is from www.r4ultra.com it has to be extracted onto the micro sd after it has been formatted.

I followed the instructions in the email and as a result it was as easy as it should always be, Make sure you format the card even tho it does receive the files, fat32 is fine, then put the files in from the firmware after extracting them and try it, you should get the short loading screen and then it should go in to the R4 GUI front end, then turn it off and install a folder called Games and place your game files in there
There is also an organiser for the DS and you can get that by looking up DSOrganise on google, but make sure you have all the game side of it working first before you start playing with other options,,
Also it is a good idea to creat a backup of your Micro SD card on your desktop or to a directory of your choosing once you have it all working before you try something like DSOrganise just incase you do something to mess it up you can easily put it back to a working state, I would alwasy keep a good up to date backup incase for some reason your micro card stops working you can get a new card and format and copy accross your backup.
I am certainly no specialist in this area infact a beginner of only a few days, but following the above instructions has given me a great easy working solution.
does the original R4 group still exist ? No idea, I can only go by the email I received. All I can tell you is that Mine is now working and working well.
Goodluck

I found the answer to my problem, the R4 ultra with SDHC is legit and had to have the right firmware from r4ultra.com and it now works with the 4 gig card aswel it works beautifully,,

Woof811, I read on one of your messages about the R4 not having a SDHC version and that they would be clones, you also gave 3 sites that you trust to get genuine, I have noticed on those sites that they sell an R4 SDHC model, I bought one from an auction sight and cant get it to work and looks like I could have got a fake but do you know if they do now have a genuine SDHC model or are they still all clones, I have just about had enough, I have been sitting here for hours trying everything on the forum and had no success at all, thanks

Hey Woof would appreciatte your help, I have followed your excellent instructions on the thread R4 issues with DS Lite and I am still having problems, your instructions were spot on and I had no issues with the install, I am still having issues with the screen hanging on Loading when being switched on. I have also tried different firmware versions 1.18/1.21/1.25 and still the same issue. I have a R4 NDSL/NDS card and a 2gb Kingston Micro SD card. I have now been at this for four hours, my kids already have SD cards with games on however my PC wont let me read the cards, keeps asking for me to format the drive so I have bought a brand new card and I am getting this problem. Would love to get this fixed for Xmas.

Thanks in advance